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| It was a public holiday, Prophet Mohammed's Birthday and I was itching for a bicycle ride. I found out that Irene Cho was going to roam around Putrajaya to clock for 50km so I went along for the fun. |
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| I decided to take my Boston Montague for the exploration and I wanted to see the hippo & crocs. |
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| The Adventurers of the Day. |
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| We parked our cars near Alaf Baru Monument and started the journey about 8 plus in the morning, the weather was excellent throughout the journey. |
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| From Putrajaya we reached our first destination for breakfast at Dengkil at a Mamak shop for some roti canai. |
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| Here we were at Paya Indah Wetlands our Malaysian eco-tourism park which is about 50km from Kuala Lumpur. |
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| Welcome to Paya Indah Wetlands, my last visit here was many years back when the place was a total let down. I could now smell revival of the wetlands with nicely maintained landscape and proper staffing as we moved into the park. |
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| Irene, the organiser registering the group adding number to the record of visitors to this place. It definitely needs publicity many are still not aware of this wetlands. |
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| A stop at the reception counter for some photo taking. |
Sketches seen at the reception counter of the Wetlands.
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| Rennie and a colourful peacock and I learnt that this is a male peacock that had to be beautiful in order to attract the opposite sex. |
Elegant views from the rear and side of this handsome peacock.
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| There are 3 hippopotamus in this wetlands a mother which is this one, a father and a baby hippo (both of them were at the pond when we were there). |
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| While waiting for the caretaker to feed her, she was eating some green vegetation. |
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| Let's selfie but please don't harm me .... |
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| Feeding time is 10am, and for your information hippopotamus is a herbivorous animal. |
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| These are the food for the hippo. |
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| While waiting for the feeding of crocodiles at 11am, we met this cool monkey and it's a vervet monkey found mainly in South Africa. |
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| He is not afraid of people and doesn't mind we taking pictures of him so long as we do not frighten him. |
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| Distinctly with a black face and white fringe of hair. |
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| Finally it's feeding time for the crocodiles at another side of the wetlands. |
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| Chicken was the food for the crocs sometime they feed on goats or cows and apparently a day before they had already eaten goats. Hence they weren't that hungry anymore nthey still eat but not that active like normal. |
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| These crocodiles here are one of the largest and fiercest aquatic reptiles in the world. |
They look lazy but dangerous ... don't you ever try going near them...
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| That's was it and time to go back. Thanks to Irene for leading us to this wonderful park away from the hustle & bustle of city life. |
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| On the way back to Putrajaya we stopped by at Dengkil for our feeding time .... it was a quack quack lunch at Serdang Duck King. |
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| One of the much talk about roast duck in Dengkil. |
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| Just before turning off into Putrajaya we stopped for cendol dessert. The original Borhan Cendol Durian at Kuala Selangor is still the best. |
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| Safely we reached Putrajaya & back home. |
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| This was the route we took from Putrajaya to Paya Indah Wetlands & back to Putrajaya approximately a 40km journey. Route was tracked by Kook Keong and special thanks to him. |
Paya Indah Wetlands
Jabatan Perlindungan Hidupan Liar dan Taman Negara
(PERHILITAN),
KM4, Jalan Dengkil-Banting, 43800 Dengkil, Selangor
Tel: 03-8768 7616 / 03-8768 8726
Fax: 03-8768 8424
Interesting place...
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